Building

Designing and building a custom home represents a major investment, and this process must be truthful with respect to the budget that the client sets.

Each client has a budget, whether it be 400 thousand or 4 million, and this is a threshold they do not want to knowingly cross. The problem may arise when a client’s desires exceed what they want to spend. As an architect, it is my responsibility to create amazing architecture that suits the clients needs, wants, wishes and most importantly, their budget.

Ever since the U.S. economy took a major hit in 2009, a client’s budget has become front and center in the architectural world. The problem is most architects ignore a client’s ultimate wish to build their dream home within their budget… Whether we are designing a 500,000 dollar home or a 4 million dollar home, there is no reason why an experienced architect cannot design within a small percentage of their desired cost of construction. The stories I continue to hear is that architects are notorious for over designing thus either causing the project to be re-designed completely, the project to be canceled or making the client pay so much more than they ever wanted on their home.